Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1887-11-02
Farm Notes.
Farm Notes.
The droppings should not be allowed
to accumulate in the hen-houses.

to accumulate in the hen-houses.
Whenever farmer gets labor-sav-
ing implement for himself, let him think
if something to save his wife from kitch-
en- labor cannot also be secured.
Wood lands are usually those which
are most benefited by the application
of wood ashes; hence the latter should
always be utilized and not allowed to
lie around the yard in unsightly heaps.
Something can be done toward MAX
ing pigs profitable by breeding and sell
ing them young without fattening. The
greatest expense of keeping hogs is
avoided if they are sold young and be-
fore it becomes necessary to fatten
them.
An excellent mixture of hay for all
classes of stock is one-third clover hay
with timothy and redtop. which is
much better than either alone, as the
mixture is more complete in food ele-
ments. Itshould be fed with an allow
ance of ground grain also.
In selecting fruit trees or any others
be careful to choose those with smooth,
healthy looking bark, which have en-
tirely shed their leaves and have plenty
OF small, fibrous roots. Trees on which
the leaves remain after frost sets in and
stick to the branches in the spring, may
be regarded as not healthy and in some
way lacking stamina.
If we take all the hogs fattened in
the United States in a year, and change
the time of fattening from cold to warm
weather, one-half of the grain now fed
will make all the pork. This would be
a saving of food, at least, to the amount
of $75, 100000 per year.-Rural Home.
Currants are growing in popular fa-
vor for jellies, jams and canning.
Though less delicate and appetizing in
it's fresh state as dessert fruit than the
strawberry, on account of Its greater
acidity. it is this very acidity that gives
it value as an appetizer and promoter
of health.
Corn fodder is extensively used in
many parts of the country, and though
forming good substitute for hay, it is
not as nutritious as good timothy hay,
and from the large amount of stalks is
not nearly as convenient to feed as hay.
However, when grown by the owner it
may be used with advantage during the
winter season.
Though no person should allow the
family horse to depend upon grass
alone, yet, owing to its being his nat
ural food, he should not be deprived
of its use entirely. When In use, how
ever, owing to its loosening effect on
the bowels, it should not be fed to him,
but when not in use grass with por-
ton of goou hay and grain forms an
excellent ration.
In storing away garden seeds place
them in wooden bags, with piece of
gum-camphor in each bag, and also
dust the seeds with insect powder.
These methods will protect the seeds
against insects, which destroy many
kinds, such as peas, beans, etc. All
seeds should be kept in dry place,
and the examination of them should be
made several times during the winter.
A writer in the Pioneer Press says
that his field of green barley being
threatened by chinch bugs, he plowed
deep furrow about the field and
banked it. Taking six-inch fence
boards, he set them on the edge along
this bank, tapping and stalking them
down. Twice a day he wet these
boards with kerosene about two inches
from the top, and the result was that
when the bugs approached they at once
TUNED and marched away.
Orchards generally produce full
crops only every other year. This is
because the full crop of one year so
exhausts the fruit producing qualities
of the soil that it is not able to pro-
duce full crop the next year. Give
it good supply of the proper kind of
manure and thus make up for the less
of the fruit producing qualities of the
soil, and you may expect good crops
every year, provided you treat your
trees properly in other respects.
The carcass of our. sheep should be
made SO valuable by its ability to re-
produce itself annually in valuable
market lamb, and TO sell when its turn
comes to be turned into money for a
sum which would afford profit upon
the cost. The fleece, as secondary
consideration. should be made as val
liable as possible. To secure these re-
suits the skill of breeders should be
brought to use to improve all of our
sheep up to this standard. Orange
County Farmer.
Care for the chickens does not imply
that they should be coddled and PAM
pered to death by overzeal or mistaken
kindness. Care is that part of the
routine of poultry culture which be-
slows kind hand to the younglings,
to supply their little wants with the
view of promoting thrift, good health
and prepossessIng looks, and prepare
them for useful and valuable life by
giving them such food and adjunct
necessaries as will best accomplish this.
Poultry Monthly.
The annual butter production per